Winston Duke Set to Star in Paramount Players’ Action Film Heroine

Winston Duke set to star in Paramount Players’ action film Heroine

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Black Panther star Winston Duke has officially signed on to join in Paramount Players’ new action thriller film Heroine, which will be directed by Dan Casey (Kin) with Matt Kaplan of Ace Entertainment producing. The studio plans to begin filming in spring.

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Heroine follows the story of a mother, who is a domestic abuse survivor. She moves into a new neighborhood in order to start a new life but unfortunately, she falls into new danger when she witnesses a kidnapping by an Aryan gang. Duke is set to play the mother’s neighbor who is vigilante that has built his own metal suit which he uses to fight against the Aryans.

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Duke is best known for his role as M’Baku in the MCU’s Black Panther.  He will next be seen in director Jordan Peele’s next social thriller Us starring alongside Black Panther co-star Lupita Nyong’o and Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Tim Heidecker (Ant-Man and the Wasp). Us is scheduled to be released on March 2019.

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